If you want to harvest tomatoes, you don't need a greenhouse or a large garden - thanks to specially bred varieties, hanging or balcony tomatoes are ideal for cultivation even in the smallest of spaces. You can find out how to properly care for tomatoes in pots in the following article.
How do you properly care for hanging tomatoes?
For optimal care of hanging tomatoes, you should choose a sunny, warm and protected location, water regularly and a lot, use liquid vegetable or tomato fertilizer, avoid rooting out and remove diseased and dead plant parts. Slowly acclimate young plants to the weather and sun.
What should you pay attention to when choosing a location for hanging tomatoes?
Basically, hanging tomatoes - like all tomato plants - need a sunny, warm and protected location, ideally in a south-facing spot directly on a house wall. If possible, this should have a roof or projection so that the tomatoes are in the rain shadow. Alternatively, you can hang the traffic lights in a tree.
How often and with what should you water hanging tomatoes?
Like all tomatoes, hanging tomatoes need to be watered regularly and a lot - the hotter and sunnier it is, the more. On very warm days, it is best to water the plants in the morning and evening, although you should not wet the leaves, fruits or shoots - this only encourages possible fungal infections, especially the dreaded powdery mildew.
Which is the best fertilizer for hanging tomatoes?
Wearing tomatoes should also be fertilized regularly because the plants need a lot of nutrients. Start fertilizing about six to eight weeks after planting if you have chosen pre-fertilized substrate. Liquid vegetable or tomato fertilizer (€6.00 on Amazon), which is administered together with the irrigation water, is particularly suitable for hanging tomatoes.
Do you have to use hanging tomatoes?
In contrast to stick tomatoes, you should not exhaust hanging tomatoes because these varieties develop a lot of fruit, especially on their side shoots. Hanging tomatoes are bush tomatoes that naturally branch heavily.
Can you cut hanging tomatoes?
Apart from diseased or dead leaves and shoots, hanging tomatoes do not need to be cut back. However, brown and dried plant parts should be removed immediately so as not to provide a gateway for pathogens.
Tip
Do not put the young tomato plants outside until after the Ice Saints and slowly get them used to the weather by initially only leaving them outside for a few hours. The hanging tomatoes should be brought back into the house overnight. You should also get used to the sun slowly by initially placing the young plants in the shade.
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